[android] How do I use the Simple HTTP client in Android?

How do I use the AndroidHttpClient as an HTTP client to connect to a remote server? I have not been able to find good examples in the documentation nor on the internet.

You can use this code:

int count;
            try {
                URL url = new URL(f_url[0]);
                URLConnection conection = url.openConnection();
                conection.setConnectTimeout(TIME_OUT);
                conection.connect();
                // Getting file length
                int lenghtOfFile = conection.getContentLength();
                // Create a Input stream to read file - with 8k buffer
                InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream(),
                        8192);
                // Output stream to write file
                OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(
                        "/sdcard/9androidnet.jpg");

                byte data[] = new byte[1024];
                long total = 0;
                while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
                    total += count;
                    // publishing the progress....
                    // After this onProgressUpdate will be called
                    publishProgress("" + (int) ((total * 100) / lenghtOfFile));
                    // writing data to file
                    output.write(data, 0, count);
                }
                // flushing output
                output.flush();
                // closing streams
                output.close();
                input.close();
            } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
                connectionTimeout=true;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e("Error: ", e.getMessage());
            }

You can use like this:

public static String executeHttpPost1(String url,
            HashMap<String, String> postParameters) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        HttpClient client = getNewHttpClient();

        try{
        request = new HttpPost(url);

        }
        catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


        if(postParameters!=null && postParameters.isEmpty()==false){

            List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(postParameters.size());
            String k, v;
            Iterator<String> itKeys = postParameters.keySet().iterator();
            while (itKeys.hasNext()) 
            {
                k = itKeys.next();
                v = postParameters.get(k);
                nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(k, v));
            }     

            UrlEncodedFormEntity urlEntity  = new  UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs);
            request.setEntity(urlEntity);

        }
        try {


            Response = client.execute(request,localContext);
            HttpEntity entity = Response.getEntity();
            int statusCode = Response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
            Log.i(TAG, ""+statusCode);


            Log.i(TAG, "------------------------------------------------");





                try{
                    InputStream in = (InputStream) entity.getContent(); 
                    //Header contentEncoding = Response.getFirstHeader("Content-Encoding");
                    /*if (contentEncoding != null && contentEncoding.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase("gzip")) {
                        in = new GZIPInputStream(in);
                    }*/
                    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
                    StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
                    String line = null;
                    while((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
                        str.append(line + "\n");
                    }
                    in.close();
                    response = str.toString();
                    Log.i(TAG, "response"+response);
                }
                catch(IllegalStateException exc){

                    exc.printStackTrace();
                }


        } catch(Exception e){

            Log.e("log_tag", "Error in http connection "+response);         

        }
        finally {

        }

        return response;
    }